The Severity Of The Laws Prevents Their

In The Birth Of Societies It Is The Chiefs Of States Who Give It Its Special Character; And Afterward It Is This Special Character That Forms The Chiefs Of State.

The Tyranny Of A Prince In An Oligarchy Is Not So Dangerous To The Public Welfare As The Apathy Of A Citizen In A Democracy.

There Are Three Species Of Government: Republican, Monarchical, And Despotic.

Friendship Is A Contract In Which We Render Small Services In Expectation Of Big Ones.

I Acknowledge That History Is Full Of Religious Wars: But We Must Distinguish; It Is Not The Multiplicity Of Religions Which Has Produced These Wars; It Was The Intolerating Spirit Which Animated That One Which Thought She Had The Power Of Governing.